Clothes stick



Patented .luly l, 1924.

HERBERT '.B. WIEIVIELS, OF WEST PARK, OHIO.

CLOTHES STICK.

Application filed September 11, 1922.

State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvementsin a Clothes Stick, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is an improvement in clothes sticks and the device is particularly constructed to permit the handling and lifting of clothes from a wash boiler' or other receptacle containing hot water or any other liquid, without subjecting the operator to the danger of being burned or otherwise injured by the dripping or fiowing liquid. A further object is to provide a strong and durable metal holder of particular form and construction in which two sticks or rods may be inserted and rmly secured, and which may be readily assembled and conveniently disassembled as occasion requires, especially for shipping purposes..

In the annexed drawing, Fig. 1, is a side elevation of my improved clothes-stick placed in a tilted position in respect to a washboiler or other receptacle shown in dotted lines. Fig.,2, is a cross section of the device upon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a4 sectional view of a modified form of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a cross section upon line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross section of a further modification.

In lifting clothing and other goods from a wash-boiler with an ordinary clothes-stick, the operator is constantly in danger of being severely burned by the water flowing to-" ward the handle end of the stick at the time the clothes are lifted from the vessel. To meet this contingency, I have devised a clothes-stick composed of three main parts or sections, to wit, a relatively longl round wooden stick 2, a shorter round. wooden stick 3, and a middle connecting and supporting member 4, made of metal; either aluminum, steel, or galvanized cast iron. The two wooden sticks 2 and 3, respectively, are secured to middle member 4 in offset relation so that the handle 8 is always elevated or in a higher position than the lower end of the operating stick 2, whereby the hot water flowing downwardly over stick 2, will not come in contact with the hands of the operator where engaged with handle 3.

A further purpose of the invention is to serial No. 587,404.

provide a middle section or member 4 adapted to detachably unite the two sticks in such a way that a iirm and absolutely se cure and permanent union may be effected, and further, such a union that will permit convenient assembly and disassembly for shipment and use. To that end, middle member 4 is made of metal and comprisesy two parallel tubular portions 5 and 6 joined by a thin metal web 7 having openings 8 therein, which decrease the weight thereof and also permits the device to be suspended from a nail when not in use. The parallel bores or openings in the tubular parts 5 and 6 receive the ends of two sticks which may be fastened by removable pins 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to permit the parts to be readily separated. As an alternative, the engaging ends of the two sticks may be provided with coarse screw threads 11 and 12 adapted to engage similar screw threads 14 and 15 internally of the tubular portions 5a and 6a, substantially as shown in Fig. 3. The modification in Fig. 5 may be constructed exactly like either one of the forms of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 3, excepting that it may be stamped or pressed from sheet metal, the tubular portions 5b and 6b being curved and shaped in suitable dies.

That I claim is,

1. A clothes stick, comprising a metal union section having two parallel bores and a connecting web, and separate wooden sticks removably inserted into said bores and eX- tending in opposite directions from said middle section.

2. A clothes stick, comprising a metal member having tubular portions extending parallelly and longitudinally in respect to each other and united by a connecting web having a transverse opening therein, and separate wooden sticks secured within said tubular portions and extending parallelly but in opposite directions from said member.

3. A clothes stick, comprising a metal member having tubular portions parallelly offset in respect to each other and screwthreaded internally and united together by a web, and separate wooden sticks having screw-threaded ends removably engaged within said screw-threaded tubular portions of said member.

v In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

HERBERT B. VVIEMELS. 

